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Ten international style ballroom dances—five Standard and five Latin—are defined by the World Dance Council (WDC), which has world-wide membership of all countries taking part in ballroom competitions. The WDC incorporates various groupings and former titles, such as the World Dance and DanceSport Council (former title). The WDC is the ...
Calisthenics (Australia) In Australia, calisthenics (also known as Australian calisthenics) is a team-based competitive performing art taking elements of rhythmic gymnastics and ballet combined with a strong emphasis on theatricality (both musical and dramatic), costume, dance and musical interpretation. Since the 1950s Calisthenics has been an ...
Competitive dance is a popular, widespread sport in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as acro, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, tap, and improv —before a common group of judges. This is in contrast with other activities that involve competition among dancers ...
Lyrical dance. Lyrical dance is a dance style that embodies various aspects of ballet, jazz, acrobatics, and modern dance. [1] The style combines ballet technique with the freedom and musicality of jazz and contemporary. [1] According to Jennifer Fisher, lyrical dance is “strongly associated with clearly displayed emotional moods, fast-moving ...
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
Bessie Awards. Dance/NYC. Exceptional achievement by independent dance artists presenting their work in New York City. United States. Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography. American Dance Machine. Outstanding dance in theater, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway and in film. United States. Dance Magazine Award.
School dance competitions (5 P) Street dance competitions (1 C, 21 P)
New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. The cakewalk was a dance developed from the "prize walks" (dance contests with a cake awarded as the prize) held in the mid-19th century, generally at get-togethers on plantations where Black people had been enslaved, before and after emancipation in the Southern United States.